Want to learn more about LinkedIn, the relatively new online business networking/social media tool. If yes, check out Matt Dickman’s video about LinkedIn. Although it’s a bit long (10 minutes), it provides a good overview of the site’s functionality, utility and benefits.
A couple of LinkedIn’s benefits:
- Business focus. Instead of personal social components like blogs, photos and lists of your fav movies, LinkedIn favors resumes, critiques of your work and other info a potential client or colleague will find useful.
- Trusted source. Because everyone is connecting with people they trust, you can have greater faith in the integrity of someone you “meet” through a colleague.
The main drawbacks, Dickman says, are that LinkedIn would benefit from a resume generator and some social media elements.
What are your thoughts on the pros and cons of LinkedIn?
